The latest Bollywood release ‘Drishyam 2’, led by Ajay Devgn, made a rare Bollywood success at the Box Office in 2022.
Starring A-list actors Ajay Devgn, Tabu and Shriya Saran in lead roles, ‘Drishyam 2’ managed to cross several Bollywood releases of the year with its Box Office collection in the opening weekend.
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As per the numbers quoted by Indian trade reports, the crime flick managed some revival of the sinking Bollywood industry with total ticket sales amounting to INR63.97 crores in the opening weekend, a number that many recent releases struggled to achieve in the lifetime theatrical run.
The film scored the bumper opening on Friday and earned INR15.38 at the ticket windows. The collections further picked up on Day 2 with INR27 crore single-day collection. By the end of the opening weekend, the total grossing of ‘Drishyam 2’ has crossed the coveted INR60 crore mark.
The title has taken over the opening weekend collections of this year’s hits including ‘Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2’, ‘Gangubai Kathiawadi’ and ‘The Kashmir Files’. Moreover, the multi-starrer is in the running for the highest-grossing film of the year.
About ‘Drishyam 2’, the Abhishek Pathak directorial, starring Devgn with Shriya Saran, Tabu, and Akshaye Khanna, continues the storyline with its predecessor ‘Drishyam’ (2015), after 7 years. Jeethu Joseph has penned the original storyline of the crime-thriller franchise, while Aamil Keeyan Khan along with Pathak has written the screenplay for the title.
‘Drishyam 2’ was released theatrically across the country over the weekend, on November 18.
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It should be noted here that ‘Drishyam’ (2015) was the remake of the same-titled Malayalam flick by Joseph and was directed by late National Award-winning director Nishikant Kamat.
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